Leptotes (orchid)

Taxobox
name = "Leptotes"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Leptotes bicolor"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Epidendreae
subtribus = Laeliinae
alliance = Leptotes
genus = "Leptotes"
genus_authority = Lindl. 1833
type_species = "Leptotes bicolor"
type_species_authority = Lindl., 1833
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Leptotes", abbreviated Lpt in horticultural trade, is a genus of small sticklike orchids with tube-like leaves. The genus has 7 species, distributed in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

Species of "Leptotes"

*"Leptotes bicolor" Lindl. 1833
** Synonym: "Leptotes serrulata" Lindl. 1838), "Leptotes glaucophylla" Hoffmanns. 1843
*** "Leptotes bicolor" f. "albescens"
*"Leptotes harryphillipsii" Christenson 2004
*"Leptotes mogyensis" Krackow. ex Christenson 2004
*"Leptotes pauloensis" Hoehne 1934
*"Leptotes pohlitinocoi" V.P. Castro & Chiron 2004
*"Leptotes tenuis" Rchb. f. 1865
**Synonym: "Leptotes minuta" (Rolfe) Rolfe 1889
*"Leptotes unicolor" Barb.Rodr. 1877
**Synonym: "Leptotes paranoensis" Barb.Rodr. 1881
***"Leptotes unicolor" f. "alba"